pubarche

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  • IPA(key): /pjuːˈbɑː(ɹ)ki/

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pubarche (uncountable)

  1. The first appearance of pubic hair in a child.
    Coordinate terms: adrenarche, menarche
    • 2004, Ora Hirsch Pescovitz, Erica A. Eugster, Pediatric Endocrinology: Mechanisms, Manifestations, and Management‎[1], Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, →ISBN, page 319:
      Premature adrenarche should be distinguished from premature pubarche (early onset of sexual hair) even though adrenarche commonly causes pubarche.

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